Entertainment

Wheel of Fortune’ contestant knocks Ryan Seacrest to ground during bizarre moment

Jan. 23, 2025

"Wheel of Fortune" host Ryan Seacrest was tackled to the ground after an overly excited contestant competed on the beloved game show for the grand prize money. A Pittsburgh native named Daniel showed how ecstatic he was, after an intense bonus round during Tuesday night’s episode. The category was "Living Things," and Daniel chose the letters H, G, D and O. After being left with G _ _ _ _ E S, the "Wheel of Fortune" contestant beat the buzzer in what viewers were calling an "insane" moment.

Entertainment

Star-studded 'Children of Blood and Bone' cast revealed: What we know so far

Jan. 23, 2025

Anticipation is growing for the film adaptation of young adult hit novel "Children of Blood and Bone." The star-studded cast for the Paramount Pictures film has been announced, with Variety revealing Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Damson Idris and Amandla Stenberg among the cast that also features Thuso Mbedu ("The Woman King") and Tosin Cole ("Supacell," "Doctor Who") in leading roles. Bestselling author Tomi Adeyemi, who is set to serve as screenwriter and producer, also confirmed Regina King may be a part of the cast in a Wednesday Instagram clip, though Variety reports the actress is currently in negotiations. "Woman King" director Gina Prince-Bythewood signed on to direct in 2023, according to Deadline.

Sports

Manchester City on brink of Champions League elimination after spectacular collapse against PSG

Jan. 23, 2025

The loss means the reigning English Premier League champion is now on the brink of elimination from the tournament, needing a win in its last group game against Club Brugge to stand any chance of progression. But the defeat also speaks to larger problems at the club, with the rainy night in Paris exposing all of its frailties this season. City, in recent seasons, has been a winning machine. Under Pep Guardiola, arguably the greatest manager in the history of soccer, the team has seemed unbeatable at times but it’s now a mere shadow of its former self.

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Masahiro Nakai, a TV host and former pop star in Japan, retires after sexual assault report

Jan. 23, 2025

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave roiling Japan’s entertainment industry and have triggered an avalanche of lost advertising at one of the networks where he worked. Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in December that Nakai had reached a 90 million yen ($580,000) settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that Fuji TV staff allegedly helped to organize. He acknowledged “a trouble” and a settlement, while denying any violence, in a statement earlier this month. The magazine has also alleged that Fuji TV has long exploited its female announcers to entertain stars like Nakai.

Entertainment

Mike Tirico will be lead play-by-play announcer when NBC begins its NBA coverage next season

Jan. 23, 2025

Mike Tirico has been officially named as NBC’s lead play-by-play announcer when it begins its coverage of the NBA next season. The move is not a surprise, since many expected that to happen when NBC agreed to an 11-year contract with the NBA last summer. Tirico was part of ESPN and ABC’s coverage of the league until moving to NBC in July 2016. He also called six NBA Finals on ESPN Radio. According to research from the 506 Sports Archive, Tirico called 313 NBA regular-season and playoff games on ESPN and ABC.

Sports

Massive brawl breaks out at end of indoor soccer league match

Jan. 23, 2025

A Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) match between the Milwaukee Wave and Tacoma Stars on Saturday descended into chaos as a huge brawl broke out between players. The Wave won the match 7-6 as 10 different players scored goals in the wild matchup. Milwaukee improved to 7-1-0 with the victory, and Tacoma fell to 1-5-2, but the big story of the night was the fight that broke out at the end of the match.

Entertainment

Movie Review: ‘The Colors Within’ is a gentle stunner

Jan. 23, 2025

Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life. Totsuko (voiced by Suzukawa Sayu) is a student at an all-girls Catholic boarding school. In the movie’s opening, she explains how she experiences colors differently. She feels colors more than sees them, like an aura she senses from another person. “When I see a pretty color, my heart quickens,” she says. Totsuko, an exuberant, uncensored soul, has the tendency to blurt things out before she quite intends to. She accidentally tells a nun that her color is beautiful. In the midst of a dodgeball game, she’s transfixed by the purple and yellow blur of a volleyball hurtling toward her — so much so that she’s happily dazed when it smacks her in the head.

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Movie Review: Steven Soderbergh’s eerie haunted house drama ‘Presence’ packs a punch

Jan. 23, 2025

The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.” The filmmaker traps the audience in a beautiful suburban home, letting us drift through rooms with this curious being, in and out of delicate conversations as we (and the ghost) try to piece together a puzzle blindly. Often in haunted house movies where a new family moves in and starts sensing strange things, the ghost knows exactly what they want — usually their house back. In this one, the presence doesn’t have such a clear objective. It’s more confused, wandering around and investigating the surroundings, like a benevolent amnesiac. Occasionally, though, big emotions erupt, and things shake violently. Mostly, they go unnoticed. They observe the chipper real estate agent (Julia Fox) preparing for a showing, the painting crew, one of whom believes there’s something around, and finally the family and all the complexities of its dynamics. Lucy Liu (a delightful, wickedly funny scene-stealer) is the mom, Rebecca, a wealthy, successful, type-A woman hyper focused on the success of her eldest, a teenage boy named Tyler (Eddy Maday). The father, Chris (Chris Sullivan), is more of the nurturer, concerned about their teen daughter Chloe (Callina Liang) in the aftermath of her friend’s unexpected death.

International News

Trump’s threat against Moscow over Ukraine seen as an insulting false start by some in Russia

Jan. 23, 2025

President Donald Trump’s threats aimed at strong-arming Moscow into ending its war in Ukraine have been badly received by some politicians and nationalists in Russia who say his tactics bode ill for a deal. Trump said on Wednesday he would likely impose new sanctions, taxes and tariffs on Russia, whose economy he said was failing, and on Moscow’s allies, unless President Vladimir Putin struck a deal with him “soon” to end the conflict.

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'Real Housewives' star Jill Zarin slams Hollywood for stance on Israel: 'Blows my mind'

Jan. 23, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn into office Monday and immediately began fulfilling campaign promises on the final day of a whirlwind inauguration weekend. "Real Housewives of New York" star Jill Zarin, a friend of the Trump family who also attended Donald's first inauguration eight years ago, has high expectations for the next four years of the 47th president's administration. Zarin, 61, admitted she's looking forward to "change" in the Oval Office and praised Trump for his unwavering support of Israel, unlike her peers in Hollywood who she believes have remained silent.